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Daniel Land

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Out of Season (2023)	The Dream of the Red Sail (2019)	In Love With a Ghost (2016)
A Certain Kind of Light (2014)	King Midas in Reverse (2013)	My Sad Captains (2012)

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Manchester

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Alternative Rock

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Hypnotic

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1980 to Present...

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Daniel Land and The Modern Painters

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His debut album, Love Songs For The Chemical Generation, released with his Manchester band The Modern Painters, was hailed as "One of the finest records of its time" (Drowned In Sound) and "Like Slowdive reimagined by Phil Spector" (NME). The album is now widely considered to be a classic of the shoegaze genre, although Daniel remains a "Dream Pop Cult Hero" (The Skinny), known only to the shoegaze cognoscenti.
Across subsequent releases including The Space Between Us (2012), In Love With a Ghost (2016) and The Dream of the Red Sails (2019), Daniel's songs have increasingly foregrounded meaning as much as mood, pairing emotional openness and vulnerability with elegiac, autobiographical lyrics shaped by his past, and by his reading of queer literature—often with a subtle note of self-mockery.
His latest album, Out of Season, a reflection on history, memory, and post-Brexit Britain, is his most widely reviewed and best-selling work. It was hailed as a "magnum opus" and Daniel as an "auteur" in the music landscape by Fame Magazine. Louder Than War said that it “ranks alongside the highest music has to offer.”
Alongside his music, Daniel has pursued a PhD at the University of West London under legendary producer Mike Howlett (Tears For Fears, OMD), while collaborating with artists like Darkher (Prophecy Records) and Swoone (Siobhan De Maré/Gary Bruce). Meanwhile, Daniel's music has found a wider audience by gracing campaigns by brands such as Expedia and appearing in films including Only You (2018). He is also writing a memoir about homophobia.
Lauded by Marc Radcliffe, Guy Garvey, Tom Robinson, and many others, Daniel Land makes the kind of music that, in the words of BBC Radio 1’s Rob Da Bank, “You can't think the late John Peel would have loved.” (Official Bio Page)